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.TH "DEPOT_TOOLS_GERRIT_A" "7" "05/07/2025" "depot_tools fab0a429" "Chromium depot_tools Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
depot_tools_gerrit_auth \- Gerrit authentication for depot_tools
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The Chromium \fBdepot_tools\fR(7) suite contains many tools which may need to authenticate to Gerrit\&.
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Gerrit uses OAuth for authentication\&. For depot_tools, OAuth is handled by \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR\&.
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Authentication is needed both for Gerrit API calls made by depot_tools and for operations done directly by Git (e\&.g\&., \fBgit push\fR, \fBgit fetch\fR)\&.
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For Gerrit API calls, depot_tools uses \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR out of the box, but for Git, you need to modify your Git configuration to use \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR\&.
.SH "GIT CONFIGURATION"
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You need to configure Git to authenticate to Gerrit\&. While depot_tools can help set up the necessary configuration (\fBgit cl creds\-check\fR), you can also do it manually\&.
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You need to add the following lines to your Git config:
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.if n \{\
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.\}
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[credential "https://chromium\&.googlesource\&.com"]
helper =
helper = luci
.fi
.if n \{\
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.\}
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This tells Git to use \fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR\&. The first empty value line is needed to reset the helper list to prevent conflicts\&.
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You should copy this for each Gerrit host you use\&.
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For Googlers, see go/chrome\-gerrit\-auth\&.
.SH "CREDENTIAL HELPER"
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\fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR is a Git credential helper that can provide OAuth credentials for Gerrit\&.
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You will need to set up your OAuth credentials first by running \fBgit\-credential\-luci login\fR\&. After that, it will be able to provide credentials to authenticate Git commands, if you have configured it according to the previous section\&.
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\fBgit\-credential\-luci\fR only keeps one active login session at a time per OS user\&.
.SH "CHROMIUM DEPOT_TOOLS"
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Part of the chromium \fBdepot_tools\fR(7) suite\&. These tools are meant to assist with the development of chromium and related projects\&. Download the tools by checking out the \m[blue]\fBgit repository\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
git repository
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\%https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
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